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Samsung: PRAM to replace NOR flash memory

Daniel Fleshbourne Administrator Neowin @dfleshbourne · Sep 11, 2006 09:14 EDT · Hot! with -1 comments

Samsung Electronics unveiled a new kind of memory chip Monday, PRAM (phase-change RAM), aimed at replacing NOR flash memory in mobile phones.

The new kind of chip, which will be commercially available in 2008, combines the faster data transfer speeds of DRAM (dynamic RAM) with the ability to retain data after power is shut off in a device, similar to flash memory. PRAM is effectively 30-times faster than flash memory, easier to manufacture, and will have a life span 10 times longer, Samsung said.

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News source: InfoWorld